Fabricated equipment ("fab") is defined as an item of equipment that is built or assembled in its original form from individual parts by or for University personnel under a sponsored project. Simply adding a few parts to an item does not make it a fabrication.

Standard items that are altered or customized to make them more usable on a sponsored project do not qualify as fabricated property. Using and/or connecting multiple stand alone items to accomplish a research project does not constitute fabrication.

Fabs must meet all of the following:

Is free-standing and moveable

Be built in-house, i.e., not by a non-UC entity

Upon completion, item will be placed into service for one year or longer and will remain at UC

UC will retain title and finished product will be a one-of-a-kind item

Consult the UC Business and Finance Bulletin Number BUS-29, page 7, for more detailed information about fabrications. For information on accounting for fabrications, see the UC Accounting Manual, section P-415-32.